Cord-fastener.



B. M. GOMSTOGK.

CORD FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED nmme, 1912.

1,087,279, Patented Feb. 17,1914;

WITNESSES:

Ma Z f ZLZZYEM FTC.

EDGAR 1VI. COMSTOCK, OF CONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN.

CORD-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed June 19, 1912. Serial No. 704,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR M. CoMsTocx, a citizen of the United States,residing at Constantine, county of St. Joseph, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cord-Fasteners, anddeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cord fasteners and has for its object aconstruction of a cheap, simple and yet effective fastener adaptedespecially to be attached to boxes, like candy boxes, etc., and whichshall in appearance be ornamental, and it consists in the specificdevice constructed and arranged as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1, illustrates a blank made preferably fromsheet brass, which possesses some stiffness and resiliency. Fig. 2,shows the article as formed and attached to a box cover. Fig. 8, is asection on the line 00x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, shows a package fastened witha double fold of cord running at right angles to each other.

In the drawings, similar letters refer to similar parts.

In the drawings, A represents a blank which may be stamped from a singlesheet of metal as already stated. As such blank is stamped a tonguepiece B has cut therein a longitudinal slit 7) terminating in an opening7) for a purpose hereinafter stated. A body portion A is preferablypartially circular in form and integrally formed with the tongue B. Twoprongs C, C, are also integrally formed thereon for a purposehereinafter described. The portion D is divided into two extending partsD, D

preferably leaving a curvillnear opening D between the two partsalthough this opening is not necessarily a part of my invention initself.

In further forming the article, the part D is bent or lapped over uponthe part A along the line of the neck E. The spurs C and C are bent inthe opposite direction to the folding along the line E and are thusadapted to be inserted in perforations in the cover of a box and thenclamped down upon the under side of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2 thusfastening the cord fastener to the package. A cord having a knot on theend of it is passed into the slit 6 through the larger portion thereofb, the slit being narrowed at its extremity prevents the knot on thecord fro-m passing through it, the cord can thereafter be wrapped aroundthe box and then over and pinched between the part D and the part A,where it is held by the resiliency of the parts and can thereafter belooped to either one or both of the parts D, D in any convenient form.Also its extension may be placed around the box at right angles to thefirst coil and brought over from the opposite end or side of the box andthen looped around either of the projections D or D The end can bebrought in between such projections and ;looped around either one ofthem when the box is securely cross fastened. It only remains to simplydetach the cord from its engagement between the parts D and A when thebox can be readily opened.

It is obvious that the prongs C and C might be dispensed with and thebody A fastened by a button or rivet to the box or package and it isalso obvious that the details of the form can be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

The operation of the invention is obvious from the foregoingdescription.

Having .thus described my invention, what I desire to claim is,-

A fastening device, comprising a blank of sheet metal having at one enda slot gradually narrowing toward the edge of the blank and beingnotched at the opposite end by a curvilinear notch to form twoextendingparts, the body portion of the blank being provided with integralfastening means for securing the device to a box or other article andthe blank being foldable near its center to bring the extending partsyieldingly against the body portion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDGAR M. COMSTOCK.

Witnesses:

BLANOHE FRY, GEORGE Cnossn'r'r HARVEY. 7

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

